[NLA] Thursday Notes, 8/8/02

[Tilghman, Rose]

Thursday Notes
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
 Carol D'Amico, Assistant Secretary
Editor: Sarah Newcomb
Production: Rose Tilghman

August 8, 2002				
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NH: CBOs 
Backbone of System

Any state whose motto is Live Free or Die has to have plenty of backbone.
And State Director Art Ellison says three major community-based
organizations (CBOs) are the "backbone" of NH's adult education system.
Unlike most other states, NH devotes 40% of all state and federal adult
education funding to CBOs. These organizations are strong throughout the
state and historically have offered job training and adult education
services. They employ most of the full-time adult education teachers and
offer programs in the morning, afternoon and evening. CBOs also offer a
range of support services that may be unavailable from local school
providers. Because the nonprofits have such a well-trained and capable
staff, the state frequently calls on them to provide professional
development to other programs, including training on the National Reporting
System. Contact<mailto:aellison at ed.state.nh.us> 

Record Numbers
of GED-Takers
Tested in 2001

Numbers of adults taking the General Educational Development (GED) test in
2001 broke previous records as learners pushed to earn a GED in advance of
changes in the test this year. About one million adults took one of the five
parts of the GED, a nearly 32% increase in GED test taking. Folks taking the
earlier version had to complete all parts in 2001 or start over with the new
version this year. Also spiraling was the number of persons with
disabilities requesting accommodation for the GED test and the number of
candidates taking the Spanish language version. See
http://www.acenet.edu/news/press_release/2002/07july/ged.release.html

Are You Serving
"Hypergrowth"
Latino Destinations?

Adult education programs serve some "hypergrowth" cities whose numbers of
Hispanic residents increased at more than double the national rate,
according to a new report of Census data by the Pew Hispanic Center. These
locations once had small Hispanic populations but now have large ones taking
root in the suburbs where jobs are. Among the 100 largest metro areas whose
Latino growth exceeded 300% from 1980 to 2000 are: Raleigh; Atlanta;
Greensboro; Charlotte; Orlando; Las Vegas; Nashville; Fort Lauderdale;
Sarasota; Portland (OR); Greenville (SC); West Palm Beach; Washington (DC);
Indianapolis; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Fort Worth; Providence; and Tulsa.
Raleigh led with a 1,180% growth in Latino population. According to the
Center, the economic downturn has not slowed Latino population growth.
Planning more English literacy programs, everyone? See
http://www.pewhispanic.org  Click Latino Growth in Metropolitan America and
go to Table 3.

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A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/




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